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Major construction on the new Gordie Howe International Bridge will begin in the fall of next year and won't be derailed by a new Ambassador Bridge span, says the chairman of the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority.

In four days, former longtime Windsor West MPP Sandra Pupatello could be Premier Pupatello, Ontario's first female premier - and head of a province with a shaky minority government, still recovering from one of the worst recessions since the Great Depression, facing a $11.9-billion deficit and in the middle of a seemingly intractable labour dispute with its teachers.

The stars are suddenly aligning for Sandra Pupatello to become the next premier of Ontario.
“I am feeling this conviction all over again that’s telling me that maybe I wasn’t done, I just get started on these conversations and I …

Dwight Duncan confirmed Wednesday he was not going to enter the Liberal leadership race to succeed Dalton McGuinty. In fact, he wasn’t even going to seek re-election. After 25 years in public office, he was stepping down.
It was a …

Finance Minister Dwight Duncan confirmed Wednesday he’s not running for Liberal leader and getting out of provincial politics after 17 years, but wouldn’t rule out moving into the federal ring.
“I always thought I might like to serve in the …

Finance Minister Dwight Duncan is expected to announce today that he will not run for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal party and may leave politics altogether, a source told The Windsor Star Tuesday.
Duncan has scheduled news conferences for …

If Windsor needs a new hospital with an estimated price tag in excess of a billion dollars, then the province needs to come up with a new shared funding formula, city councillors told an expert panel looking into the project.…

Finance Minister Dwight Duncan started a speech to the local Chamber of Commerce on Friday by claiming it was entirely off-the-cuff and from the heart, and therefore his media handler would be panicking.
As if. What followed was a note …

WINDSOR, Ont. -- Library board chairman Al Maghnieh admitted Friday he charged thousands of dollars more of personal expenses — including purchases of alcohol and iTunes apps — on a corporate credit card than he first disclosed.

TORONTO -- Ontario PC Leader Tim Hudak’s pledge to reverse the McGuinty government’s key green energy policy if his party wins the October election could mean the death of a burgeoning new industrial sector in Windsor, renewable energy companies said Tuesday.

WINDSOR, Ont. -- About 30 Windsorites, perhaps a few former autoworkers among them, will soon be jetting off to Vietnam, courtesy of their Korean employer, for intensive training on building windmills.

WINDSOR, Ont. — Provincial leaders made it official in Windsor Wednesday morning, announcing a deal with Korean manufacturing giant Samsung that could create 300 full-time jobs and as many as 400 construction and indirect service jobs.

Finance Minister Dwight Duncan will be announcing a major overhaul at the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. this week, following a series of missteps by the government agency, The Canadian Press is reporting.

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Goalie Brock Baier waited until the final game of the regular season to finally savour a little of the personal success many of his fellow first-year teammates have enjoyed this season with the Windsor Spitfires.

One continent. Nineteen countries. One hundred and sixty flight hours covering 32,000 kilometres. “The flight of 1,000 lifetimes.” Windsor pilot Russ Airey is back home after flying around Central and South America over the last two months to raise money for Hope Air and provide free travel for Canadians to access medical care. “I hated […]

The Bank Theatre in Leamington has received a donation of $100,000 from the Honey Family Foundation at the WindsorEssex Community Foundation. The theatre, at 10 Erie St. S., has been used for live theatre since 2013 and is undergoing extensive renovations to create a state-of-the-art facility. The municipality of Leamington is matching the money raised […]